Biography

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Becker hails from Folsom, California and joined the Army in 2004 after studying German and chemistry at California State University Long Beach. He was first assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, where he soon deployed to Iraq for 16 months as a civil affairs representative. Upon returning to Alaska, he joined the 9th Army Band for on-the-job training as a flutist, having played since the age of seven. In 2009 he completed Advanced Individual Training at Little Creek Joint Expeditionary Base in Norfolk, VA to begin his career as an Army Musician. He then served as an Army Musician at the 2nd Infantry Division Band on Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu, South Korea, the US Army Europe Band and Chorus in the cities of Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern, Germany, and the 323rd Army Band “Fort Sam’s Own” at Fort Sam Houston, TX.
 
In 2017 at the rank of Sergeant First Class, he was selected as the only active-duty Warrant Officer Bandmaster chosen Army-wide in three years. He first commanded the 399th Army Band for 33 months at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where he was named Training and Doctrine Command’s Adjutant General Regimental Warrant Officer of the Year in 2020. He then commanded the 4th Infantry Division Band on Fort Carson, Colorado for 33 months before joining The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” on Fort Myer, VA.
 
His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Army Commendation Medal (6th award), Army Achievement Medal (5th award), the Iraqi Campaign Medal (two campaigns) and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (Gold).
 
Chief Becker has been a musician for close to 40 years and holds a B.A. in German with a minor in chemistry from California State University Long Beach. He and his husband, Micah, an Air Force veteran, have been married since 2019.